• umbrella@lemmy.ml
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    i have a feeling he does and hes not as much of a clueless naive kid this article insinuates.

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      Awareness is not a binary. He probably has moments when he’s painfully aware of unpopularity e.g. on stage with Chappelle. We all live in some kind of bubble, it would be intolerable not to. His trajectory is common to someone like a rebel leader who becomes a dictator and eventually a tyrant where he’s despised by everyone except the few people around him. They typically recede from public life but never let go of power.